Asrock Z77 Pro3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121204
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '18 at 15:38
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 100 2-Core 205 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 383 53% 393 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0162) 2.2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 521GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 63 49 51 62 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 60.1 Write 64.9 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 58.5 41% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 65%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 910GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 191 191 192 190 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 198 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 191 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%
WL750GSA3272 750GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 513GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 128 129 128 128 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 137 Write 139 Mixed 96 SusWrite 126 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991776 (996776) 2x4GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.5% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 8.1 25% 8.83 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z77 Pro3 Builds (Compare 1,283 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Pro3 - $212

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	461x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	199x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	175x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	119x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	88x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	74x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	52x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	37x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	46x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $492

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16